Dynamically enabled vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian mode for mobile devices

ABSTRACT

A method of wireless communication by a device includes detecting whether the device is in an outdoor environment in response to a start of a reevaluation timer. The method also determines a mobility level of the device in response to the start of the reevaluation timer. The method further includes enabling a vehicle-to-everything (V 2 X) pedestrian mode in response to the device being in the outdoor environment and/or the mobility level exceeding a threshold value.

FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE

The present disclosure relates generally to wireless communications, and more specifically to dynamically enabling and disabling a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian mode for mobile devices.

BACKGROUND

Wireless communications systems are widely deployed to provide various telecommunications services such as telephony, video, data, messaging, and broadcasts. Typical wireless communications systems may employ multiple-access technologies capable of supporting communications with multiple users by sharing available system resources. Examples of such multiple-access technologies include code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, time division multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequency division multiple access (FDMA) systems, orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) systems, single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) systems, and time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) systems.

These multiple access technologies have been adopted in various telecommunications standards to provide a common protocol that enables different wireless devices to communicate on a municipal, national, regional, and even global level. An example telecommunications standard is fifth generation (5G) new radio (NR). 5G NR is part of a continuous mobile broadband evolution promulgated by Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) to meet new requirements associated with latency, reliability, security, scalability (e.g., with Internet of Things (IoT)), and other requirements. 5G NR includes services associated with enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), massive machine type communications (mMTC), and ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC). Some aspects of 5G NR may be based on the fourth generation (4G) long term evolution (LTE) standard. There exists a need for further improvements in 5G NR technology. These improvements may also be applicable to other multi-access technologies and the telecommunications standards that employ these technologies.

Wireless communications systems may include or provide support for various types of communications systems, such as vehicle related cellular communications systems (e.g., cellular vehicle-to-everything (CV2X) communications systems). Vehicle related communications systems may be used by vehicles to increase safety and to help prevent collisions of vehicles. Information regarding inclement weather, nearby accidents, road conditions, and/or other information may be conveyed to a driver via the vehicle related communications system. In some cases, sidelink user equipment (UEs), such as vehicles, may communicate directly with each other using device-to-device (D2D) communications over a D2D wireless link. These communications can be referred to as sidelink communications.

As the demands for sidelink communications increase in general, and CV2X technology specifically penetrates the market and the number of cars supporting CV2X communication grows rapidly, the CV2X network is expected to become increasingly crowded, especially for peak traffic scenarios. As a result, the chance of colliding allocations between UEs may increase. An allocation collision may prevent successful decoding of at least one of the colliding UE transmissions and in some cases may prevent all of the colliding UE transmissions from being decoded. For safety reasons, there is a need to minimize the duration of repetitive collisions between semi-persistently scheduled allocations of colliding user equipments (UEs) or to minimize the number of future collisions in general.

SUMMARY

In aspects of the present disclosure, a method of wireless communication by a device includes detecting whether the device is in an outdoor environment in response to a start of a reevaluation timer. The method also includes determining a mobility level of the device in response to the start of the reevaluation timer. The method further includes enabling a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian mode in response to the device being in the outdoor environment and/or the mobility level exceeding a threshold value.

Other aspects of the present disclosure are directed to an apparatus for wireless communication by a device having a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The processor(s) is configured to detect whether the device is in an outdoor environment in response to a start of a reevaluation timer. The processor(s) is also configured to determine a mobility level of the device in response to the start of the reevaluation timer. The processor(s) is further configured to enable a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian mode in response to the device being in the outdoor environment and/or the mobility level exceeding a threshold value.

Other aspects of the present disclosure are directed to an apparatus for wireless communication by a device including means for detecting whether the device is in an outdoor environment in response to a start of a reevaluation timer. The apparatus also includes means for determining a mobility level of the device in response to the start of the reevaluation timer. The apparatus further includes means for enabling a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian mode in response to the device being in the outdoor environment and/or the mobility level exceeding a threshold value.

Aspects generally include a method, apparatus, system, computer program product, non-transitory computer-readable medium, user equipment, base station, wireless communications device, and processing system as substantially described with reference to and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings and specification.

The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of examples according to the disclosure in order that the detailed description that follows may be better understood. Additional features and advantages will be described. The conception and specific examples disclosed may be readily utilized as a basis for modifying or designing other structures for carrying out the same purposes of the present disclosure. Such equivalent constructions do not depart from the scope of the appended claims. Characteristics of the concepts disclosed, both their organization and method of operation, together with associated advantages will be better understood from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying figures. Each of the figures is provided for the purposes of illustration and description, and not as a definition of the limits of the claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

So that the above-recited features of the present disclosure can be understood in detail, a more particular description, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to aspects, some of which are illustrated in the appended drawings. It is to be noted, however, that the appended drawings illustrate only certain typical aspects of this disclosure and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for the description may admit to other equally effective aspects. The same reference numbers in different drawings may identify the same or similar elements.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless communications system and an access network.

FIGS. 2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D are diagrams illustrating examples of a first fifth generation (5G) new radio (NR) frame, downlink (DL) channels within a 5G NR subframe, a second 5G NR frame, and uplink (UL) channels within a 5G NR subframe, respectively.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a base station and user equipment (UE) in an access network.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) system, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) system with a road side unit (RSU), according to aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a graph illustrating a sidelink (SL) communications scheme, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 is a flow diagram illustrating a decision process for determining whether to enable a pedestrian mode, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 8 is a flow diagram illustrating a decision process for determining whether a device is outdoors and near vehicular traffic, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 9 is a flow diagram illustrating a decision process for setting a reevaluation timer, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 10 is a flow diagram illustrating an example process performed, for example, by a device, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Various aspects of the disclosure are described more fully below with reference to the accompanying drawings. This disclosure may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to any specific structure or function presented throughout this disclosure. Rather, these aspects are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. Based on the teachings, one skilled in the art should appreciate that the scope of the disclosure is intended to cover any aspect of the disclosure disclosed, whether implemented independently of or combined with any other aspect of the disclosure. For example, an apparatus may be implemented or a method may be practiced using any number of the aspects set forth. In addition, the scope of the disclosure is intended to cover such an apparatus or method, which is practiced using other structure, functionality, or structure and functionality in addition to or other than the various aspects of the disclosure set forth. It should be understood that any aspect of the disclosure disclosed may be embodied by one or more elements of a claim.

Several aspects of telecommunications systems will now be presented with reference to various apparatuses and techniques. These apparatuses and techniques will be described in the following detailed description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks, modules, components, circuits, steps, processes, algorithms, and/or the like (collectively referred to as “elements”). These elements may be implemented using hardware, software, or combinations thereof. Whether such elements are implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system.

It should be noted that while aspects may be described using terminology commonly associated with 5G and later wireless technologies, aspects of the present disclosure can be applied in other generation-based communications systems, such as and including 3G and/or 4G technologies.

In cellular communications networks, wireless devices may generally communicate with each other via one or more network entities such as a base station or scheduling entity. Some networks may support device-to-device (D2D) communications that enable discovery of, and communications with nearby devices using a direct link between devices (e.g., without passing through a base station, relay, or another node). D2D communications can enable mesh networks and device-to-network relay functionality. Some examples of D2D technology include Bluetooth pairing, Wi-Fi Direct, Miracast, and LTE-D. D2D communications may also be referred to as point-to-point (P2P) or sidelink communications.

D2D communications may be implemented using licensed or unlicensed bands. Additionally, D2D communications can avoid the overhead involving the routing to and from the base station. Therefore, D2D communications can improve throughput, reduce latency, and/or increase energy efficiency.

A type of D2D communications may include vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications. V2X communications may assist autonomous vehicles in communicating with each other. For example, autonomous vehicles may include multiple sensors (e.g., light detection and ranging (LiDAR), radar, cameras, etc.). In most cases, the autonomous vehicle's sensors are line of sight sensors. In contrast, V2X communications may allow autonomous vehicles to communicate with each other for non-line of sight situations.

Sidelink (SL) communications refers to the communications among user equipment (UE) without tunneling through a base station (BS) and/or a core network. Sidelink communications can be communicated over a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) and a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH). The PSCCH and PSSCH are similar to a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in downlink (DL) communications between a base station and a UE. For instance, the PSCCH may carry sidelink control information (SCI) and the PSSCH may carry sidelink data (e.g., user data). Each PSCCH is associated with a corresponding PSSCH, where SCI in a PSCCH may carry reservation and/or scheduling information for sidelink data transmission in the associated PSSCH. Use cases for sidelink communications may include, among others, vehicle-to-everything (V2X), industrial IoT (IIoT), and/or NR-lite.

Cellular vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology has applications for improving commuter safety. However, conventional cellular V2X technology does not adequately address safety issues relating to pedestrians. Nowadays, almost every person on the street has a mobile device, such as a mobile handset or cellular enabled wearable. Under that assumption, density of V2X coverage may be increased to improve safety.

Unfortunately, always running a V2X stack, such as a pedestrian mode, on mobile devices unjustifiably increases battery consumption of those devices. That is, running the V2X stack (e.g., enabling a pedestrian mode) operates more baseband and radio frequency (RF) components. It would be desirable to reduce the envelope of regular cellular operation when the user is likely not near vehicles. On the other hand, it would be highly inconvenient and unrealistic to expect mobile users to manually turn on and off the V2X stack on their devices according to their environment or other relevant circumstances. Furthermore, mobile devices always transmitting V2X signals may unnecessarily strain the V2X spectrum. Power consumption may be reduced by allowing a device to operate in transmit-only mode, without receiving any communications.

According to aspects of the present disclosure, a framework for dynamically enabling or disabling a pedestrian mode detects when and for how long it would be beneficial to enable the pedestrian mode. The solution determines when it would be beneficial to enable the pedestrian mode, by detecting when the mobile user begins walking or running. The motion detection may occur with assistance from a motion co-processor, a location engine, and/or similar information verified by a paired Bluetooth wearable. Alternatively, the solution may detect a mobile user switching from an indoor location to outdoor location, for example, by sensing a background noise level. The information may be reconfirmed with an online look-up of the device's location on a map. For example, the look-up may indicate that the device is near a road, indicating the device is outside. The background noise may indicate the device moved from a calm environment, to a busy environment, and then to an active environment. Other indications that the pedestrian mode should be enabled include the device having no wireless local area network (WLAN) connection or the device being within coverage of a number of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) devices (e.g., global positioning system (GPS) satellites). The pedestrian mode may also be enabled, for example, when the device is detected to be outdoors, but not in a car, which may have its own dedicated V2X stack.

In other aspects of the present disclosure, an audio system of a user equipment (UE) operating in an always-ON state may detect an emergency. The emergency may be detected by sounds that identify distress, such as a car crash or explosion. In these aspects, the mobile user may choose to contribute to a road safety mesh system that may rely on service layer information to propagate via multiple “hops” over V2X users. In other words, the user may choose to participate in an ad-hoc mesh network.

Some aspects of the present disclosure determine when to disable the pedestrian mode. For example, the pedestrian mode may be disabled when determining a re-evaluation timer expired and no enable criteria is met. The pedestrian mode may be disabled when the device is determined to be indoors or far from vehicles. The pedestrian mode may be disabled when it is determined that the user is driving in a car that is already equipped with dedicated V2X system.

Techniques of the present disclosure improve a trade-off among having very dense V2X coverage for commuter safety, stationary mobile devices unjustifiably draining battery power without much benefit, and under-utilizing the unique interplay of complex systems that mobile devices commonly support. Benefits to a maximum possible number of mobile devices and vehicles with V2X transceivers may be provided. The techniques of the present disclosure may leverage devices that have cellular V2X (CV2X) support in addition to regular cellular technologies.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless communications system and an access network 100. The wireless communications system (also referred to as a wireless wide area network (WWAN)) includes base stations 102, UEs 104, an evolved packet core (EPC) 160, and another core network 190 (e.g., a 5G core (5GC)). The base stations 102 may include macrocells (high power cellular base station) and/or small cells 102′ (low power cellular base station). The macrocells include base stations. The small cells 102′ include femtocells, picocells, and microcells.

The base stations 102 configured for 4G LTE (collectively referred to as evolved universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN)) may interface with the EPC 160 through backhaul links 132 (e.g., S1 interface). The base stations 102 configured for 5G NR (collectively referred to as next generation RAN (NG-RAN)) may interface with core network 190 through backhaul links 184. In addition to other functions, the base stations 102 may perform one or more of the following functions: transfer of user data, radio channel ciphering and deciphering, integrity protection, header compression, mobility control functions (e.g., handover, dual connectivity), inter-cell interference coordination, connection setup and release, load balancing, distribution for non-access stratum (NAS) messages, NAS node selection, synchronization, radio access network (RAN) sharing, multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS), subscriber and equipment trace, RAN information management (RIM), paging, positioning, and delivery of warning messages. The base stations 102 may communicate directly or indirectly (e.g., through the EPC 160 or core network 190) with each other over backhaul links 134 (e.g., X2 interface). The backhaul links 134 may be wired or wireless.

The base stations 102 may wirelessly communicate with the UEs 104. Each of the base stations 102 may provide communications coverage for a respective geographic coverage area 110. There may be overlapping geographic coverage areas 110. For example, the small cell 102′ may have a coverage area 110′ that overlaps the coverage area 110 of one or more macro base stations 102. A network that includes both small cell and macrocells may be known as a heterogeneous network. A heterogeneous network may also include home evolved Node Bs (eNBs) (HeNBs), which may provide service to a restricted group known as a closed subscriber group (CSG). The communications links 120 between the base stations 102 and the UEs 104 may include uplink (UL) (also referred to as reverse link) transmissions from a UE 104 to a base station 102 and/or downlink (DL) (also referred to as forward link) transmissions from a base station 102 to a UE 104. The communications links 120 may use multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology, including spatial multiplexing, beamforming, and/or transmit diversity. The communications links may be through one or more carriers. The base stations 102/UEs 104 may use spectrum up to Y MHz (e.g., 5, 10, 15, 20, 100, 400, etc., MHz) bandwidth per carrier allocated in a carrier aggregation of up to a total of Yx MHz (x component carriers) used for transmission in each direction. The carriers may or may not be adjacent to each other. Allocation of carriers may be asymmetric with respect to DL and UL (e.g., more or fewer carriers may be allocated for DL than for UL). The component carriers may include a primary component carrier and one or more secondary component carriers. A primary component carrier may be referred to as a primary cell (PCell) and a secondary component carrier may be referred to as a secondary cell (SCell).

Certain UEs 104 may communicate with each other using device-to-device (D2D) communications link 158. The D2D communications link 158 may use the DL/UL WWAN spectrum. The D2D communications link 158 may use one or more sidelink channels, such as a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH), a physical sidelink discovery channel (PSDCH), a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH), and a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH). D2D communications may be through a variety of wireless D2D communications systems, such as FlashLinQ, WiMedia, Bluetooth, ZigBee, Wi-Fi based on the IEEE 802.11 standard, LTE, or NR.

The wireless communications system may further include a Wi-Fi access point (AP) 150 in communication with Wi-Fi stations (STAs) 152 via communications links 154 in a 5 GHz unlicensed frequency spectrum. When communicating in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, the STAs 152/AP 150 may perform a clear channel assessment (CCA) prior to communicating in order to determine whether the channel is available.

The small cell 102′ may operate in a licensed and/or an unlicensed frequency spectrum. When operating in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, the small cell 102′ may employ NR and use the same 5 GHz unlicensed frequency spectrum as used by the Wi-Fi AP 150. The small cell 102′, employing NR in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, may boost coverage to and/or increase capacity of the access network.

A base station 102, whether a small cell 102′ or a large cell (e.g., macro base station), may include an eNB, gNodeB (gNB), or another type of base station. Some base stations, such as gNB 180 may operate in a traditional sub 6 GHz spectrum, in millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies, and/or near mmWave frequencies in communication with the UE 104. When the gNB 180 operates in mmWave or near mmWave frequencies, the gNB 180 may be referred to as an mmWave base station. Extremely high frequency (EHF) is part of the radio frequency (RF) in the electromagnetic spectrum. EHF has a range of 30 GHz to 300 GHz and a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 10 millimeters. Radio waves in the band may be referred to as a millimeter wave. Near mmWave may extend down to a frequency of 3 GHz with a wavelength of 100 millimeters. The super high frequency (SHF) band extends between 3 GHz and 30 GHz, also referred to as centimeter wave. Communications using the mmWave/near mmWave radio frequency band (e.g., 3 GHz-300 GHz) has extremely high path loss and a short range. The mmWave base station 180 may utilize beamforming 182 with the UE 104 to compensate for the extremely high path loss and short range.

The base station 180 may transmit a beamformed signal to the UE 104 in one or more transmit directions 182′. The UE 104 may receive the beamformed signal from the base station 180 in one or more receive directions 182″. The UE 104 may also transmit a beamformed signal to the base station 180 in one or more transmit directions. The base station 180 may receive the beamformed signal from the UE 104 in one or more receive directions. The base station 180/UE 104 may perform beam training to determine the best receive and transmit directions for each of the base station 180/UE 104. The transmit and receive directions for the base station 180 may or may not be the same. The transmit and receive directions for the UE 104 may or may not be the same.

The EPC 160 may include a mobility management entity (MME) 162, other MMEs 164, a serving gateway 166, a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) gateway 168, a broadcast multicast service center (BM-SC) 170, and a packet data network (PDN) gateway 172. The MME 162 may be in communication with a home subscriber server (HSS) 174. The MME 162 is the control node that processes the signaling between the UEs 104 and the EPC 160. Generally, the MME 162 provides bearer and connection management. All user Internet protocol (IP) packets are transferred through the serving gateway 166, which itself is connected to the PDN gateway 172. The PDN gateway 172 provides UE IP address allocation as well as other functions. The PDN gateway 172 and the BM-SC 170 are connected to the IP services 176. The IP services 176 may include the Internet, an intranet, an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS), a PS streaming service, and/or other IP services. The BM-SC 170 may provide functions for MBMS user service provisioning and delivery. The BM-SC 170 may serve as an entry point for content provider MBMS transmission, may be used to authorize and initiate MBMS bearer services within a public land mobile network (PLMN), and may be used to schedule MBMS transmissions. The MBMS gateway 168 may be used to distribute MBMS traffic to the base stations 102 belonging to a multicast broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) area broadcasting a particular service, and may be responsible for session management (start/stop) and for collecting enhanced MBMS (eMBMS) related charging information.

The core network 190 may include an access and mobility management function (AMF) 192, other AMFs 193, a session management function (SMF) 194, and a user plane function (UPF) 195. The AMF 192 may be in communication with a unified data management (UDM) 196. The AMF 192 is the control node that processes the signaling between the UEs 104 and the core network 190. Generally, the AMF 192 provides quality of service (QoS) flow and session management. All user Internet protocol (IP) packets are transferred through the UPF 195. The UPF 195 provides UE IP address allocation as well as other functions. The UPF 195 is connected to the IP services 197. The IP services 197 may include the Internet, an intranet, an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS), a PS streaming service, and/or other IP services.

The base station 102 may also be referred to as a gNB, Node B, evolved Node B (eNB), an access point, a base transceiver station, a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a transceiver function, a basic service set (BSS), an extended service set (ESS), a transmit and receive point (TRP), or some other suitable terminology. The base station 102 provides an access point to the EPC 160 or core network 190 for a UE 104. Examples of UEs 104 include a cellular phone, a smart phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a laptop, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a satellite radio, a global positioning system, a multimedia device, a video device, a digital audio player (e.g., MP3 player), a camera, a game console, a tablet, a smart device, a wearable device, a vehicle, an electric meter, a gas pump, a large or small kitchen appliance, a healthcare device, an implant, a sensor/actuator, a display, or any other similar functioning device. Some of the UEs 104 may be referred to as IoT devices (e.g., a parking meter, gas pump, toaster, vehicles, heart monitor, etc.). The UE 104 may also be referred to as a station, a mobile station, a subscriber station, a mobile unit, a subscriber unit, a wireless unit, a remote unit, a mobile device, a wireless device, a wireless communications device, a remote device, a mobile subscriber station, an access terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal, a remote terminal, a handset, a user agent, a mobile client, a client, or some other suitable terminology.

Referring again to FIG. 1 , in certain aspects, a device, such as the UE 104, may include a pedestrian mode component 199 configured to detect whether the device is in an outdoor environment in response to a start of a reevaluation timer. The pedestrian mode component 199 may also be configured to determine a mobility level of the device in response to the start of the reevaluation timer. The pedestrian mode component 199 may be configured to enable a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian mode in response to the device being detected to be in the outdoor environment and/or the mobility level exceeding a threshold value.

Although the following description may be focused on cellular V2X communications with respect to 5G NR, it may be applicable to other similar areas, such as LTE, LTE-A, CDMA, GSM, and other wireless technologies.

FIG. 2A is a diagram 200 illustrating an example of a first subframe within a 5G NR frame structure. FIG. 2B is a diagram 230 illustrating an example of DL channels within a 5G NR subframe. FIG. 2C is a diagram 250 illustrating an example of a second subframe within a 5G NR frame structure. FIG. 2D is a diagram 280 illustrating an example of UL channels within a 5G NR subframe. The 5G NR frame structure may be frequency division duplex (FDD) in which for a particular set of subcarriers (carrier system bandwidth), subframes within the set of subcarriers are dedicated for either DL or UL, or may be time division duplex (TDD) in which for a particular set of subcarriers (carrier system bandwidth), subframes within the set of subcarriers are dedicated for both DL and UL. In the examples provided by FIGS. 2A, 2C, the 5G NR frame structure is assumed to be TDD, with subframe 4 being configured with slot format 28 (with mostly DL), where D is DL, U is UL, and X is flexible for use between DL/UL, and subframe 3 being configured with slot format 34 (with mostly UL). While subframes 3, 4 are shown with slot formats 34, 28, respectively, any particular subframe may be configured with any of the various available slot formats 0-61. Slot formats 0, 1 are all DL, UL, respectively. Other slot formats 2-61 include a mix of DL, UL, and flexible symbols. UEs are configured with the slot format (dynamically through DL control information (DCI), or semi-statically/statically through radio resource control (RRC) signaling) through a received slot format indicator (SFI). Note that the description infra applies also to a 5G NR frame structure that is TDD.

Other wireless communications technologies may have a different frame structure and/or different channels. A frame (10 ms) may be divided into 10 equally sized subframes (1 ms). Each subframe may include one or more time slots. Subframes may also include mini-slots, which may include 7, 4, or 2 symbols. Each slot may include 7 or 14 symbols, depending on the slot configuration. For slot configuration 0, each slot may include 14 symbols, and for slot configuration 1, each slot may include 7 symbols. The symbols on DL may be cyclic prefix (CP) OFDM (CP-OFDM) symbols. The symbols on UL may be CP-OFDM symbols (for high throughput scenarios) or discrete Fourier transform (DFT) spread OFDM (DFT-S-OFDM) symbols (also referred to as single carrier frequency-division multiple access (SC-FDMA) symbols) (for power limited scenarios; limited to a single stream transmission). The number of slots within a subframe is based on the slot configuration and the numerology. For slot configuration 0, different numerologies μ 0 to 5 allow for 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32 slots, respectively, per subframe. For slot configuration 1, different numerologies 0 to 2 allow for 2, 4, and 8 slots, respectively, per subframe. Accordingly, for slot configuration 0 and numerology μ, there are 14 symbols/slot and 2μ slots/subframe. The subcarrier spacing and symbol length/duration are a function of the numerology. The subcarrier spacing may be equal to 2{circumflex over ( )}μ*15 kHz, where μ is the numerology 0 to 5. As such, the numerology μ=0 has a subcarrier spacing of 15 kHz and the numerology μ=5 has a subcarrier spacing of 480 kHz. The symbol length/duration is inversely related to the subcarrier spacing. FIGS. 2A-2D provide an example of slot configuration 0 with 14 symbols per slot and numerology μ=0 with 1 slot per subframe. The subcarrier spacing is 15 kHz and symbol duration is approximately 66.7 μs.

A resource grid may represent the frame structure. Each time slot includes a resource block (RB) (also referred to as physical RBs (PRBs)) that extends 12 consecutive subcarriers. The resource grid is divided into multiple resource elements (REs). The number of bits carried by each RE depends on the modulation scheme.

As illustrated in FIG. 2A, some of the REs carry reference (pilot) signals (RS) for the UE. The RS may include demodulation RS (DM-RS) (indicated as Rx for one particular configuration, where 100× is the port number, but other DM-RS configurations are possible) and channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) for channel estimation at the UE. The RS may also include beam measurement RS (BRS), beam refinement RS (BRRS), and phase tracking RS (PT-RS).

FIG. 2B illustrates an example of various DL channels within a subframe of a frame. The physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carries DCI within one or more control channel elements (CCEs), each CCE including nine RE groups (REGs), each REG including four consecutive REs in an OFDM symbol. A primary synchronization signal (PSS) may be within symbol 2 of particular subframes of a frame. The PSS is used by a UE 104 to determine subframe/symbol timing and a physical layer identity. A secondary synchronization signal (SSS) may be within symbol 4 of particular subframes of a frame. The SSS is used by a UE to determine a physical layer cell identity group number and radio frame timing. Based on the physical layer identity and the physical layer cell identity group number, the UE can determine a physical cell identifier (PCI). Based on the PCI, the UE can determine the locations of the aforementioned DM-RS. The physical broadcast channel (PBCH), which carries a master information block (MIB), may be logically grouped with the PSS and SSS to form a synchronization signal (SS)/PBCH block. The MIB provides a number of RBs in the system bandwidth and a system frame number (SFN). The physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) carries user data, broadcast system information not transmitted through the PBCH such as system information blocks (SIBs), and paging messages.

As illustrated in FIG. 2C, some of the REs carry DM-RS (indicated as R for one particular configuration, but other DM-RS configurations are possible) for channel estimation at the base station. The UE may transmit DM-RS for the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and DM-RS for the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The PUSCH DM-RS may be transmitted in the first one or two symbols of the PUSCH. The PUCCH DM-RS may be transmitted in different configurations depending on whether short or long PUCCHs are transmitted and depending on the particular PUCCH format used. Although not shown, the UE may transmit sounding reference signals (SRS). The SRS may be used by a base station for channel quality estimation to enable frequency-dependent scheduling on the UL.

FIG. 2D illustrates an example of various UL channels within a subframe of a frame. The PUCCH may be located as indicated in one configuration. The PUCCH carries uplink control information (UCI), such as scheduling requests, a channel quality indicator (CQI), a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), a rank indicator (RI), and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment/negative acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) feedback. The PUSCH carries data, and may additionally be used to carry a buffer status report (BSR), a power headroom report (PHR), and/or UCI.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a base station 310 in communication with a UE 350 in an access network. In the DL, IP packets from the EPC 160 may be provided to a controller/processor 375. The controller/processor 375 implements layer 3 and layer 2 functionality. Layer 3 includes a radio resource control (RRC) layer, and layer 2 includes a service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer, a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, a radio link control (RLC) layer, and a medium access control (MAC) layer. The controller/processor 375 provides RRC layer functionality associated with broadcasting of system information (e.g., MIB, SIBs), RRC connection control (e.g., RRC connection paging, RRC connection establishment, RRC connection modification, and RRC connection release), inter radio access technology (RAT) mobility, and measurement configuration for UE measurement reporting; PDCP layer functionality associated with header compression/decompression, security (ciphering, deciphering, integrity protection, integrity verification), and handover support functions; RLC layer functionality associated with the transfer of upper layer packet data units (PDUs), error correction through automatic repeat request (ARQ), concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of RLC service data units (SDUs), re-segmentation of RLC data PDUs, and reordering of RLC data PDUs; and MAC layer functionality associated with mapping between logical channels and transport channels, multiplexing of MAC SDUs onto transport blocks (TBs), demultiplexing of MAC SDUs from TBs, scheduling information reporting, error correction through HARQ, priority handling, and logical channel prioritization.

The transmit (TX) processor 316 and the receive (RX) processor 370 implement layer 1 functionality associated with various signal processing functions. Layer 1, which includes a physical (PHY) layer, may include error detection on the transport channels, forward error correction (FEC) coding/decoding of the transport channels, interleaving, rate matching, mapping onto physical channels, modulation/demodulation of physical channels, and MIMO antenna processing. The TX processor 316 handles mapping to signal constellations based on various modulation schemes (e.g., binary phase-shift keying (BPSK), quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK), M-phase-shift keying (M-PSK), M-quadrature amplitude modulation (M-QAM)). The coded and modulated symbols may then be split into parallel streams. Each stream may then be mapped to an OFDM subcarrier, multiplexed with a reference signal (e.g., pilot) in the time and/or frequency domain, and then combined together using an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) to produce a physical channel carrying a time domain OFDM symbol stream. The OFDM stream is spatially precoded to produce multiple spatial streams. Channel estimates from a channel estimator 374 may be used to determine the coding and modulation scheme, as well as for spatial processing. The channel estimate may be derived from a reference signal and/or channel condition feedback transmitted by the UE 350. Each spatial stream may then be provided to a different antenna 320 via a separate transmitter 318TX. Each transmitter 318TX may modulate an RF carrier with a respective spatial stream for transmission.

At the UE 350, each receiver 354RX receives a signal through its respective antenna 352. Each receiver 354RX recovers information modulated onto an RF carrier and provides the information to the receive (RX) processor 356. The TX processor 368 and the RX processor 356 implement layer 1 functionality associated with various signal processing functions. The RX processor 356 may perform spatial processing on the information to recover any spatial streams destined for the UE 350. If multiple spatial streams are destined for the UE 350, they may be combined by the RX processor 356 into a single OFDM symbol stream. The RX processor 356 then converts the OFDM symbol stream from the time-domain to the frequency domain using a fast Fourier transform (FFT). The frequency domain signal comprises a separate OFDM symbol stream for each subcarrier of the OFDM signal. The symbols on each subcarrier, and the reference signal, are recovered and demodulated by determining the most likely signal constellation points transmitted by the base station 310. These soft decisions may be based on channel estimates computed by the channel estimator 358. The soft decisions are then decoded and deinterleaved to recover the data and control signals that were originally transmitted by the base station 310 on the physical channel. The data and control signals are then provided to the controller/processor 359, which implements layer 3 and layer 2 functionality.

The controller/processor 359 can be associated with a memory 360 that stores program codes and data. The memory 360 may be referred to as a computer-readable medium. In the UL, the controller/processor 359 provides demultiplexing between transport and logical channels, packet reassembly, deciphering, header decompression, and control signal processing to recover IP packets from the EPC 160. The controller/processor 359 is also responsible for error detection using an ACK and/or NACK protocol to support HARQ operations.

Similar to the functionality described in connection with the DL transmission by the base station 310, the controller/processor 359 provides RRC layer functionality associated with system information (e.g., MIB, SIBs) acquisition, RRC connections, and measurement reporting; PDCP layer functionality associated with header compression/decompression, and security (ciphering, deciphering, integrity protection, integrity verification); RLC layer functionality associated with the transfer of upper layer PDUs, error correction through ARQ, concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of RLC SDUs, re-segmentation of RLC data PDUs, and reordering of RLC data PDUs; and MAC layer functionality associated with mapping between logical channels and transport channels, multiplexing of MAC SDUs onto TBs, demultiplexing of MAC SDUs from TBs, scheduling information reporting, error correction through HARQ, priority handling, and logical channel prioritization.

Channel estimates derived by a channel estimator 358 from a reference signal or feedback transmitted by the base station 310 may be used by the TX processor 368 to select the appropriate coding and modulation schemes, and to facilitate spatial processing. The spatial streams generated by the TX processor 368 may be provided to different antenna 352 via separate transmitters 354TX. Each transmitter 354TX may modulate an RF carrier with a respective spatial stream for transmission.

The UL transmission is processed at the base station 310 in a manner similar to that described in connection with the receiver function at the UE 350. Each receiver 318RX receives a signal through its respective antenna 320. Each receiver 318RX recovers information modulated onto an RF carrier and provides the information to a RX processor 370.

The controller/processor 375 can be associated with a memory 376 that stores program codes and data. The memory 376 may be referred to as a computer-readable medium. In the UL, the controller/processor 375 provides demultiplexing between transport and logical channels, packet reassembly, deciphering, header decompression, control signal processing to recover IP packets from the UE 350. IP packets from the controller/processor 375 may be provided to the EPC 160. The controller/processor 375 is also responsible for error detection using an ACK and/or NACK protocol to support HARQ operations.

At least one of the TX processor 368, the RX processor 356, and the controller/processor 359 may be configured to perform aspects in connection with the pedestrian mode component 199 of FIG. 1 . In some aspects, the UE 104, 350 may include means for detecting, means for determining, means for enabling, means for adjusting, means for scanning, and/or means for disabling. Such means may include one or more components of the UE 104, 350 described in connection with FIGS. 1 and 3 .

FIG. 4 is a diagram of a device-to-device (D2D) communications system 400, including V2X communications, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. For example, the D2D communications system 400 may include V2X communications, (e.g., a first UE 450 communicating with a second UE 451). In some aspects, the first UE 450 and/or the second UE 451 may be configured to communicate in a licensed radio frequency spectrum and/or a shared radio frequency spectrum. The shared radio frequency spectrum may be unlicensed, and therefore multiple different technologies may use the shared radio frequency spectrum for communications, including new radio (NR), LTE, LTE-Advanced, licensed assisted access (LAA), dedicated short range communications (DSRC), MuLTEFire, 4G, and the like. The foregoing list of technologies is to be regarded as illustrative, and is not meant to be exhaustive.

The D2D communications system 400 may use NR radio access technology. Of course, other radio access technologies, such as LTE radio access technology, may be used. In D2D communications (e.g., V2X communications or vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications), the UEs 450, 451 may be on networks of different mobile network operators (MNOs). Each of the networks may operate in its own radio frequency spectrum. For example, the air interface to a first UE 450 (e.g., Uu interface) may be on one or more frequency bands different from the air interface of the second UE 451. The first UE 450 and the second UE 451 may communicate via a sidelink component carrier, for example, via the PC5 interface. In some examples, the MNOs may schedule sidelink communications between or among the UEs 450, 451 in licensed radio frequency spectrum and/or a shared radio frequency spectrum (e.g., 5 GHz radio spectrum bands).

The shared radio frequency spectrum may be unlicensed, and therefore different technologies may use the shared radio frequency spectrum for communications. In some aspects, a D2D communications (e.g., sidelink communications) between or among UEs 450, 451 is not scheduled by MNOs. The D2D communications system 400 may further include a third UE 452.

The third UE 452 may operate on the first network 410 (e.g., of the first MNO) or another network, for example. The third UE 452 may be in D2D communications with the first UE 450 and/or second UE 451. The first base station 420 (e.g., gNB) may communicate with the third UE 452 via a downlink (DL) carrier 432 and/or an uplink (UL) carrier 442. The DL communications may use various DL resources (e.g., the DL subframes (FIG. 2A) and/or the DL channels (FIG. 2B)). The UL communications may be performed via the UL carrier 442 using various UL resources (e.g., the UL subframes (FIG. 2C) and the UL channels (FIG. 2D)).

The first network 410 operates in a first frequency spectrum and includes the first base station 420 (e.g., gNB) communicating at least with the first UE 450, for example, as described in FIGS. 1-3 . The first base station 420 (e.g., gNB) may communicate with the first UE 450 via a DL carrier 430 and/or an UL carrier 440. The DL communications may be use various DL resources (e.g., the DL subframes (FIG. 2A) and/or the DL channels (FIG. 2B)). The UL communications may be performed via the UL carrier 440 using various UL resources (e.g., the UL subframes (FIG. 2C) and the UL channels (FIG. 2D)).

In some aspects, the second UE 451 may be on a different network from the first UE 450. In some aspects, the second UE 451 may be on a second network 411 (e.g., of the second MNO). The second network 411 may operate in a second frequency spectrum (e.g., a second frequency spectrum different from the first frequency spectrum) and may include the second base station 421 (e.g., gNB) communicating with the second UE 451, for example, as described in FIGS. 1-3 .

The second base station 421 may communicate with the second UE 451 via a DL carrier 431 and an UL carrier 441. The DL communications are performed via the DL carrier 431 using various DL resources (e.g., the DL subframes (FIG. 2A) and/or the DL channels (FIG. 2B)). The UL communications are performed via the UL carrier 441 using various UL resources (e.g., the UL subframes (FIG. 2C) and/or the UL channels (FIG. 2D)).

In conventional systems, the first base station 420 and/or the second base station 421 assign resources to the UEs for device-to-device (D2D) communications (e.g., V2X communications and/or V2V communications). For example, the resources may be a pool of UL resources, both orthogonal (e.g., one or more frequency division multiplexing (FDM) channels) and non-orthogonal (e.g., code division multiplexing (CDM)/resource spread multiple access (RSMA) in each channel). The first base station 420 and/or the second base station 421 may configure the resources via the PDCCH (e.g., faster approach) or RRC (e.g., slower approach).

In some systems, each UE 450, 451 autonomously selects resources for D2D communications. For example, each UE 450, 451 may sense and analyze channel occupation during the sensing window. The UEs 450, 451 may use the sensing information to select resources from the sensing window. As discussed, one UE 451 may assist another UE 450 in performing resource selection. The UE 451 providing assistance may be referred to as the receiver UE or partner UE, which may potentially notify the transmitter UE 450. The transmitter UE 450 may transmit information to the receiving UE 451 via sidelink communications.

The D2D communications (e.g., V2X communications and/or V2V communications) may be carried out via one or more sidelink carriers 470, 480. The one or more sidelink carriers 470, 480 may include one or more channels, such as a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH), a physical sidelink discovery channel (PSDCH), a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH), and a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), for example.

In some examples, the sidelink carriers 470, 480 may operate using the PC5 interface. The first UE 450 may transmit to one or more (e.g., multiple) devices, including to the second UE 451 via the first sidelink carrier 470. The second UE 451 may transmit to one or more (e.g., multiple) devices, including to the first UE 450 via the second sidelink carrier 480.

In some aspects, the UL carrier 440 and the first sidelink carrier 470 may be aggregated to increase bandwidth. In some aspects, the first sidelink carrier 470 and/or the second sidelink carrier 480 may share the first frequency spectrum (with the first network 410) and/or share the second frequency spectrum (with the second network 411). In some aspects, the sidelink carriers 470, 480 may operate in an unlicensed/shared radio frequency spectrum.

In some aspects, sidelink communications on a sidelink carrier may occur between the first UE 450 and the second UE 451. In some aspects, the first UE 450 may perform sidelink communications with one or more (e.g., multiple) devices, including the second UE 451 via the first sidelink carrier 470. For example, the first UE 450 may transmit a broadcast transmission via the first sidelink carrier 470 to the multiple devices (e.g., the second and third UEs 451, 452). The second UE 451 (e.g., among other UEs) may receive such broadcast transmission. Additionally or alternatively, the first UE 450 may transmit a multicast transmission via the first sidelink carrier 470 to the multiple devices (e.g., the second and third UEs 451, 452). The second UE 451 and/or the third UE 452 (e.g., among other UEs) may receive such multicast transmission. The multicast transmissions may be connectionless or connection-oriented. A multicast transmission may also be referred to as a groupcast transmission.

Furthermore, the first UE 450 may transmit a unicast transmission via the first sidelink carrier 470 to a device, such as the second UE 451. The second UE 451 (e.g., among other UEs) may receive such unicast transmission. Additionally or alternatively, the second UE 451 may perform sidelink communications with one or more (e.g., multiple) devices, including the first UE 450 via the second sidelink carrier 480. For example, the second UE 451 may transmit a broadcast transmission via the second sidelink carrier 480 to the multiple devices. The first UE 450 (e.g., among other UEs) may receive such broadcast transmission.

In another example, the second UE 451 may transmit a multicast transmission via the second sidelink carrier 480 to the multiple devices (e.g., the first and third UEs 450, 452). The first UE 450 and/or the third UE 452 (e.g., among other UEs) may receive such multicast transmission. Further, the second UE 451 may transmit a unicast transmission via the second sidelink carrier 480 to a device, such as the first UE 450. The first UE 450 (e.g., among other UEs) may receive such unicast transmission. The third UE 452 may communicate in a similar manner.

In some aspects, for example, such sidelink communications on a sidelink carrier between the first UE 450 and the second UE 451 may occur without having MNOs allocating resources (e.g., one or more portions of a resource block (RB), slot, frequency band, and/or channel associated with a sidelink carrier 470, 480) for such communications and/or without scheduling such communications. Sidelink communications may include traffic communications (e.g., data communications, control communications, paging communications and/or system information communications). Further, sidelink communications may include sidelink feedback communications associated with traffic communications (e.g., a transmission of feedback information for previously-received traffic communications). Sidelink communications may employ at least one sidelink communications structure having at least one feedback symbol. The feedback symbol of the sidelink communications structure may allot for any sidelink feedback information that may be communicated in the device-to-device (D2D) communications system 400 between devices (e.g., a first UE 450, a second UE 451, and/or a third UE 452). As discussed, a UE may be a vehicle (e.g., UE 450, 451), a mobile device (e.g., 452), or another type of device. In some cases, a UE may be a special UE, such as a road side unit (RSU).

FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) system with a roadside unit (RSU), according to aspects of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 5 , V2X system 500 includes a transmitter UE 504 transmits data to an RSU 510 and a receiving UE 502 via sidelink transmissions 512. Additionally, or alternatively, the RSU 510 may transmit data to the transmitter UE 504 via a sidelink transmission 512. The RSU 510 may forward data received from the transmitter UE 504 to a cellular network (e.g., gNB) 508 via an UL transmission 514. The gNB 508 may transmit the data received from the RSU 510 to other UEs 506 via a DL transmission 516. The RSU 510 may be incorporated with traffic infrastructure (e.g., traffic light, light pole, etc.) For example, as shown in FIG. 5 , the RSU 510 is a traffic signal positioned at a side of a road 520. Additionally or alternatively, RSUs 510 may be stand-alone units.

FIG. 6 is a graph illustrating a sidelink (SL) communications scheme, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. A scheme 600 may be employed by UEs such as the UEs 104 in a network such as the network 100. In FIG. 6 , the x-axis represents time and the y-axis represents frequency. The CV2X channels may be for 3GPP Release 16 and beyond.

In the scheme 600, a shared radio frequency band 601 is partitioned into multiple subchannels or frequency subbands 602 (shown as 602 _(S0), 602 _(S1), 602 _(S2)) in frequency and multiple sidelink frames 604 (shown as 604 a, 604 b, 604 c, 604 d) in time for sidelink communications. The frequency band 601 may be at any suitable frequencies. The frequency band 601 may have any suitable bandwidth (BW) and may be partitioned into any suitable number of frequency subbands 602. The number of frequency subbands 602 can be dependent on the sidelink communications BW requirement.

Each sidelink frame 604 includes a sidelink resource 606 in each frequency subband 602. A legend 605 indicates the types of sidelink channels within a sidelink resource 606. In some instances, a frequency gap or guard band may be specified between adjacent frequency subbands 602, for example, to mitigate adjacent band interference. The sidelink resource 606 may have a substantially similar structure as an NR sidelink resource. For instance, the sidelink resource 606 may include a number of subcarriers or RBs in frequency and a number of symbols in time. In some instances, the sidelink resource 606 may have a duration between about one millisecond (ms) to about 20 ms. Each sidelink resource 606 may include a PSCCH 610 and a PSSCH 620. The PSCCH 610 and the PSSCH 620 can be multiplexed in time and/or frequency. The PSCCH 610 may be for part one of a control channel (CCH), with the second part arriving as a part of the shared channel allocation. In the example of FIG. 6 , for each sidelink resource 606, the PSCCH 610 is located during the beginning symbol(s) of the sidelink resource 606 and occupies a portion of a corresponding frequency subband 602, and the PSSCH 620 occupies the remaining time-frequency resources in the sidelink resource 606. In some instances, a sidelink resource 606 may also include a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH), for example, located during the ending symbol(s) of the sidelink resource 606. In general, a PSCCH 610, a PSSCH 620, and/or a PSFCH may be multiplexed within a sidelink resource 606.

The PSCCH 610 may carry SCI 660 and/or sidelink data. The sidelink data can be of various forms and types depending on the sidelink application. For instance, when the sidelink application is a V2X application, the sidelink data may carry V2X data (e.g., vehicle location information, traveling speed and/or direction, vehicle sensing measurements, etc.). Alternatively, when the sidelink application is an IIoT application, the sidelink data may carry IIoT data (e.g., sensor measurements, device measurements, temperature readings, etc.). The PSFCH can be used for carrying feedback information, for example, HARQ ACK/NACK for sidelink data received in an earlier sidelink resource 606.

In an NR sidelink frame structure, the sidelink frames 604 in a resource pool 608 may be contiguous in time. A sidelink UE (e.g., the UEs 104) may include, in SCI 660, a reservation for a sidelink resource 606 in a later sidelink frame 604. Thus, another sidelink UE (e.g., a UE in the same new radio unlicensed (NR-U) sidelink system) may perform SCI sensing in the resource pool 608 to determine whether a sidelink resource 606 is available or occupied. For instance, if the sidelink UE detected SCI indicating a reservation for a sidelink resource 606, the sidelink UE may refrain from transmitting in the reserved sidelink resource 606. If the sidelink UE determines that there is no reservation detected for a sidelink resource 606, the sidelink UE may transmit in the sidelink resource 606. As such, SCI sensing can assist a UE in identifying a target frequency subband 602 to reserve for sidelink communications and to avoid intra-system collision with another sidelink UE in the NR sidelink system. In some aspects, the UE may be configured with a sensing window for SCI sensing or monitoring to reduce intra-system collision.

In some aspects, the sidelink UE may be configured with a frequency hopping pattern. In this regard, the sidelink UE may hop from one frequency subband 602 in one sidelink frame 604 to another frequency subband 602 in another sidelink frame 604. In the illustrated example of FIG. 6 , during the sidelink frame 604 a, the sidelink UE transmits SCI 660 in the sidelink resource 606 located in the frequency subband 602 _(s2) to reserve a sidelink resource 606 in a next sidelink frame 604 b located at the frequency subband 602 _(S1). Similarly, during the sidelink frame 604 b, the sidelink UE transmits SCI 662 in the sidelink resource 606 located in the frequency subband 602 _(S1) to reserve a sidelink resource 606 in a next sidelink frame 604 c located at the frequency subband 602 _(S1). During the sidelink frame 604 c, the sidelink UE transmits SCI 664 in the sidelink resource 606 located in the frequency subband 602 _(S1) to reserve a sidelink resource 606 in a next sidelink frame 604 d located at the frequency subband 602 _(S0). During the sidelink frame 604 d, the sidelink UE transmits SCI 668 in the sidelink resource 606 located in the frequency subband 602 _(S0). The SCI 668 may reserve a sidelink resource 606 in a later sidelink frame 604.

The SCI can also indicate scheduling information and/or a destination identifier (ID) identifying a target receiving sidelink UE for the next sidelink resource 606. Thus, a sidelink UE may monitor SCI transmitted by other sidelink UEs. Upon detecting SCI in a sidelink resource 606, the sidelink UE may determine whether the sidelink UE is the target receiver based on the destination ID. If the sidelink UE is the target receiver, the sidelink UE may proceed to receive and decode the sidelink data indicated by the SCI. In some aspects, multiple sidelink UEs may simultaneously communicate sidelink data in a sidelink frame 604 in different frequency subband (e.g., via frequency division multiplexing (FDM)). For instance, in the sidelink frame 604 b, one pair of sidelink UEs may communicate sidelink data using a sidelink resource 606 in the frequency subband 602 _(s2) while another pair of sidelink UEs may communicate sidelink data using a sidelink resource 606 in the frequency subband 602 _(S1).

In some aspects, the scheme 600 is used for synchronous sidelink communications. That is, the sidelink UEs may be synchronized in time and are aligned in terms of symbol boundary, sidelink resource boundary (e.g., the starting time of sidelink frames 604). The sidelink UEs may perform synchronization in a variety of forms, for example, based on sidelink synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) received from a sidelink UE and/or NR-U SSBs received from a BS (e.g., the BSs 102 and/or 310) while in-coverage of the BS. In some aspects, the sidelink UE may be preconfigured with the resource pool 608 in the frequency band 601, for example, while in coverage of a serving BS. The resource pool 608 may include a plurality of sidelink resources 606. The BS can configure the sidelink UE with a resource pool configuration indicating resources in the frequency band 601 and/or the subbands 602 and/or timing information associated with the sidelink frames 604. In some aspects, the scheme 600 includes mode-2 RRA (e.g., supporting autonomous radio resource allocation (RRA) that can be used for out-of-coverage sidelink UEs or partial-coverage sidelink UEs).

Cellular vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology has applications for improving commuter safety. However, conventional cellular V2X technology does not adequately address safety issues relating to pedestrians. Nowadays, almost every person on the street has a mobile device, such as a mobile handset or cellular enabled wearable. Under that assumption, density of V2X coverage may be increased to improve safety.

Unfortunately, always running a V2X stack, such as a pedestrian mode, on mobile devices unjustifiably increases battery consumption of those devices. That is, running the V2X stack (e.g., enabling a pedestrian mode) operates more baseband and radio frequency (RF) components. It would be desirable to reduce the envelope of regular cellular operation when the user is likely not near vehicles. On the other hand, it would be highly inconvenient and unrealistic to expect mobile users to manually turn on and off the V2X stack on their devices according to their environment or other relevant circumstances. Furthermore, mobile devices always transmitting V2X signals may unnecessarily strain the V2X spectrum. Power consumption may be reduced by allowing a device to operate in transmit-only mode, without receiving any communications.

According to aspects of the present disclosure, a framework for dynamically enabling or disabling a pedestrian mode detects when and for how long it would be beneficial to enable the pedestrian mode. The solution determines when it would be beneficial to enable the pedestrian mode, by detecting when the mobile user begins walking or running. The motion detection may occur with assistance from a motion co-processor, a location engine, and/or similar information verified by a paired Bluetooth wearable. Alternatively, the solution may detect a mobile user switching from an indoor location to outdoor location, for example, by sensing a background noise level. The information may be reconfirmed with an online look-up of the device's location on a map. For example, the look-up may indicate that the device is near a road, indicating the device is outside. The background noise may indicate the device moved from a calm environment, to a busy environment, and then to an active environment. Other indications that the pedestrian mode should be enabled include the device having no wireless local area network (WLAN) connection or the device being within coverage of a number of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) devices (e.g., global positioning system (GPS) satellites). The pedestrian mode may also be enabled, for example, when the device is detected to be outdoors, but not in a car, which may have its own dedicated V2X stack.

In other aspects of the present disclosure, an audio system of a user equipment (UE) operating in an always-ON state may detect an emergency. The emergency may be detected by sounds that identify distress, such as a car crash or explosion. In these aspects, the mobile user may choose to contribute to a road safety mesh system that may rely on service layer information to propagate via multiple “hops” over V2X users. In other words, the user may choose to participate in an ad-hoc mesh network.

Some aspects of the present disclosure determine when to disable the pedestrian mode. For example, the pedestrian mode may be disabled when determining a re-evaluation timer expired and no enable criteria is met. The pedestrian mode may be disabled when the device is determined to be indoors or far from vehicles. The pedestrian mode may be disabled when it is determined that the user is driving in a car that is already equipped with dedicated V2X system.

Dynamic V2X enabling/disabling may be achieved through interworking of systems on the device. Such systems may include a motion co-processor, a GNSS receiver, a paired wearable, a WLAN radio system, and/or an always-on audio processor.

FIG. 7 is a flow diagram illustrating a decision process 700 for determining whether to enable a pedestrian mode, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. The process 700 for evaluating whether to enable the pedestrian mode starts at block 702. After block 702, the process 700 determines whether a device is outside or near any vehicles at block 704. If it is determined that the device is not outside or near any vehicles, the process 700 returns to block 702. If it is determined that the device is outside or near a vehicle, the process 700 inputs this information to a decision engine 706. From block 702, the process 700 also continues to block 708, where detecting of whether the user is running or walking occurs. The decision engine 706 receives the information as to whether walking or running is detected. For example, a Bluetooth connected wearable may provide this type of information to the decision engine 706. The decision engine 706 also receives information as to whether any cellular vehicle-to-everything (CV2X) traffic is present at block 710. For example, the device may detect other vehicles are present by detecting CV2X traffic from these vehicles.

If the output from the decision engine 706 indicates the pedestrian mode should be enabled, OR a roadside emergency is detected at block 712, the process 700 then determines whether the user is driving at block 714. If it is determined that the user is not driving AND either the output from the decision engine 706 indicates the pedestrian mode should be enabled, OR a roadside emergency is detected, the pedestrian mode is enabled at block 716.

At block 718, the process 700 determines whether to restart the evaluation. That is, a reevaluation timer is set based on the pedestrian mode decision at block 716. In some aspects, three types of timer values are possible. More details about the reevaluation timer will be described with respect to FIGS. 9 and 10 . Once the reevaluation timer expires, the process 700 returns to block 702. In some aspects of the present disclosure, a machine learning (ML) module 720 determines the amount of time for the reevaluation timer, instead of selecting one of the three timer values. That is, a more specific timer value may be set based on an environment of the device and other relevant circumstances.

FIG. 8 is a flow diagram illustrating a decision process for determining whether a device is outdoors and near vehicular traffic, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. FIG. 8 shows additional details of block 704 of FIG. 7 . A controller in a device 800 (e.g., a UE) detects whether vehicular traffic is present at time 802. For example, the device 800 may include an always-ON audio processor that can detect a vehicular traffic pattern. If vehicular traffic is detected, at time 804, the controller determines whether WLAN connectivity is lost. The determinations at times 802 and 804 are ‘free’ in the sense that there is no power penalty associated with these determinations.

If both of the free determinations indicate that the device 800 may be outside and near vehicles, at time 806, the controller may initiate a GNSS search to locate satellites. If a threshold number of satellites is located (four satellites in this example), the device 800 may initiate further activity to determine whether it is outside and near vehicles. At time 808, the controller may perform a data call to an outside service. For example, the device 800 may perform a look-up of a map to assess whether the device 800 is near vehicles. For example, a cloud service such as ‘How Loud’ may indicate how far the device 800 is from traffic considering typical environmental noise for that location based on vehicular traffic. The determinations at times 806 and 808 are not ‘free’ in the sense that there is a power penalty associated with these determinations.

At block 810, the controller of the device 800 determines whether three or more of the tests at times 802-808 are positive. If three or more of the tests are positive, at block 814, the device 800 determines it is outside and near vehicular traffic. If fewer than three of the tests are positive, at block 816, the device 800 determines, it is inside or away from vehicular traffic. Of course, the threshold may be set at values other than three.

False positives output from the decision at block 810 may impact possible power savings. Thus, a machine learning model 812 may improve performance over time. The machine learning model 812 may account for ambient noise decibels, a number of minutes the WLAN is out of service, the number of satellites detected, and the results of the data call. The machine learning model 812 learns based on these parameters and adaptively makes the controller more or less aggressive.

FIG. 9 is a flow diagram illustrating a decision process 900 for setting a reevaluation timer, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. The reevaluation time is discussed with respect to block 718 of FIG. 7 . At block 902, it is determined whether the UE is in motion (e.g., the pedestrian carrying the UE is running or walking). Sensors may assist with this process. If it is determined that the UE is in motion, at block 904 it is determined whether the UE is outdoors. The outdoor detection may be in accordance with the process described with respect to FIG. 8 , for example.

If the UE is detected to be outdoors, at block 906, a reevaluation timer is enabled with a long duration. In some implementations, the long duration is ten minutes. Thus, at block 718 of FIG. 7 , the controller waits ten minutes before restarting evaluation at block 702. Returning to FIG. 9 , if the UE is not determined to be outdoors, the process continues to block 908, where it is determined if a number satellites detected is greater than a threshold amount (e.g., four satellites in the example of FIG. 9 ). The determination at block 908 develops more confidence in whether the UE is outdoors, to prevent wasting power by reevaluating too frequently. If more than the threshold number of satellites are detected, at block 910, the reevaluation timer is set to a medium value, for example seven minutes.

If fewer than the threshold number of satellites are detected at block 908, at block 912, it is determined whether cellular V2X communications have been received in the past Z minutes. The parameter Z may have a value of, for example, five or ten minutes. It may be determined how long since hearing from another vehicle while in the pedestrian mode. If it has been less than Z minutes, a short duration is set for the reevaluation timer at block 914. For example, the short duration may be five minutes in some implementations. If at block 912 it is determined that the time exceeds Z minutes, at block 916, it is determined whether ambient road noise exceeds a threshold. For example, it may be determined whether a peak to average ratio of the ambient noise is high, possibly indicating the presence of vehicular traffic. Such a condition may occur if the UE is near a road with cars passing quickly, while a GPS signal is blocked, for example, by trees. If the ambient noise has a high peak to average ratio, at block 918, the reevaluation timer is set to a long duration. If it is determined that the ambient noise does not have a high peak to average ratio, the reevaluation timer is set to a short duration at block 914.

At block 902, if it is determined that the UE is not in motion, at block 920, it is determined whether the UE is outdoors. If the UE is outdoors, at block 922 it is determined whether CV2X communications have been received in the past Z minutes. If it has been less than Z minutes, at block 924, the reevaluation timer is set to a medium duration. If at block 922 it has been determined that the time exceeds Z minutes, at block 926, it is determined whether ambient noise has a high peak to average ratio. If it is determined that the ambient noise has a high peak to average ratio, at block 928, the reevaluation timer is set to a long duration. Otherwise, the revaluation timer is set to a short duration, at block 930.

If the UE is not determined to be outdoors at block 920, at block 932, it is determined whether the UE has received CV2X communications in the past Z minutes. If it has been less than Z minutes, at block 934, the revaluation timer is set to a short duration. Otherwise, at block 936, the reevaluation timer is disabled. For example, the process may wait until the next trigger of running or walking (e.g., at block 708 of FIG. 7 ).

According to aspects of the present disclosure, when an audio subsystem of the UE or the V2X receiver infers no congestion or no presence of multiple car entities in the neighborhood, scanning may be reduced to a subset of the resource blocks (RBs) at each time. In other aspects, the scanning may be reduced to a subset of the subframes every 100 ms. This technique is helpful because devices keep the same transmission periodic resources for about 50 transmissions (e.g., about five seconds in uncongested states). In some aspects of the present disclosure, when the device is visible, the role of activating or deactivating the pedestrian mode may be delegated to road side units (RSUs).

Techniques of the present disclosure improve a trade-off among having very dense V2X coverage for commuter safety, stationary mobile devices unjustifiably draining battery power without much benefit, and under-utilizing the unique interplay of complex systems that mobile devices commonly support.

In some cases, a pedestrian mode may be enabled more frequently than necessary. For example, a user may move from indoors to a large open space that has traffic noise from distant freeway. This scenario may cause unnecessary battery drain.

According to aspects of the present disclosure, benefits to a maximum possible number of mobile devices and vehicles with V2X transceivers may be provided. The techniques of the present disclosure may leverage devices that have cellular V2X (CV2X) support in addition to regular cellular technologies.

As on-device capabilities related to application processors and/or sensors evolve, additional information from cameras, display brightness sensors, etc., may be obtained to detect changes in the user environment. Such advancements may enhance a modem context aware framework and dynamically determine when to enable or disable vehicle to pedestrian capabilities. Machine learning models may also improve thresholds and time values.

FIG. 10 is a flow diagram illustrating an example process 1000 performed, for example, by a device, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. The example process 1000 is an example of dynamically enabling and disabling a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian mode for mobile devices. The operations of the process 1000 may be implemented by a device, for example a UE 104.

At block 1002, the device detects whether it is in an outdoor environment in response to a start of a reevaluation timer. For example, the UE (e.g., using the antenna 352, receiver/transmitter 354, receive processor 356, transmit processor 368, memory 360 and/or controller/processor 359) may detect whether the device is in an outdoor environment. The device may detect whether it is in an outdoor environment by sensing a background noise level or with an online look-up of the device's location on a map. For example, the look-up may indicate that the device is near a road, indicating the device is outside. The background noise may indicate the device moved from a calm environment, to a busy environment, and then to an active environment. Other indications that the pedestrian mode should be enabled include the device having no wireless local area network (WLAN) connection or the device being within coverage of a number of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) devices (e.g., global positioning system (GPS) satellites).

A block 1004, the user equipment (UE) determines a mobility level of the device in response to the start of the reevaluation timer. For example, the UE (e.g., using the controller/processor 359, and/or memory 360) may determine the mobility level. Sensors, such as GPS sensors or accelerometers, may assist with this process.

At block 1006, the user equipment (UE) enables a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian mode in response to the device being in the outdoor environment and/or the mobility level exceeding a threshold value. For example, the UE (e.g., using the controller/processor 359, and/or memory 360) may enable the V2X pedestrian mode. For example as noted with respect to FIG. 7 , if it is determined that the user is not driving AND either the output from the decision engine 706 indicates the pedestrian mode should be enabled, OR a roadside emergency is detected, the pedestrian mode is enabled at block 716.

Implementation examples are described in the following numbered clauses.

-   -   1. A method of wireless communication by a device, comprising:         -   detecting whether the device is in an outdoor environment in             response to a start of a reevaluation timer;         -   determining a mobility level of the device in response to             the start of the reevaluation timer; and         -   enabling a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian mode in             response to the device being in the outdoor environment             and/or the mobility level exceeding a threshold value.     -   2. The method of clause 1, further comprising enabling the V2X         pedestrian mode in response to detecting an emergency condition.     -   3. The method of clause 1 or 2, further comprising adjusting a         duration of the reevaluation timer based on whether the device         is in the outdoor environment and/or whether the mobility level         exceeds the threshold value.     -   4. The method of any of the preceding clauses, further         comprising adjusting the duration of the reevaluation timer         based on a length of time since receiving a V2X message.     -   5. The method of any of the preceding clauses, further         comprising adjusting the duration of the reevaluation timer         based on a level of ambient noise sensed by the device.     -   6. The method of any of the preceding clauses, further         comprising scanning for V2X messages on a subset of allocated         time and/or frequency resources, the subset determined based on         a length of time since receiving a V2X message.     -   7. The method of any of the preceding clauses, further         comprising scanning for V2X messages on a subset of allocated         time and/or frequency resources, the subset determined based on         a level of ambient noise sensed by the device.     -   8. The method of any of the preceding clauses, in which the         device comprises a user equipment (UE).     -   9. The method of any of the preceding clauses, further         comprising disabling the vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian         mode in response to the device not being in the outdoor         environment when the reevaluation timer expires.     -   10. The method of any of the preceding clauses, further         comprising disabling the vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian         mode in response to the mobility level being less than the         threshold value when the reevaluation timer expires.     -   11. An apparatus for wireless communication by a device,         comprising:         -   a memory; and         -   at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least             one processor configured:             -   to detect whether the device is in an outdoor                 environment in response to a start of a reevaluation                 timer;             -   to determine a mobility level of the device in response                 to the start of the reevaluation timer; and             -   to enable a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian mode                 in response to the device being in the outdoor                 environment and/or the mobility level exceeding a                 threshold value.     -   12. The apparatus of clause 11, in which the at least one         processor is further configured to enable the V2X pedestrian         mode in response to detecting an emergency condition.     -   13. The apparatus of clause 11 or 12, in which the at least one         processor is further configured to adjust a duration of the         reevaluation timer based on whether the device is in the outdoor         environment and/or whether the mobility level exceeds the         threshold value.     -   14. The apparatus of any of the clauses 11-13, in which the at         least one processor is further configured to adjust the duration         of the reevaluation timer based on a length of time since         receiving a V2X message.     -   15. The apparatus of any of the clauses 11-14, in which the at         least one processor is further configured to adjust the duration         of the reevaluation timer based on a level of ambient noise         sensed by the device.     -   16. The apparatus of any of the clauses 11-15, in which the at         least one processor is further configured to scan for V2X         messages on a subset of allocated time and/or frequency         resources, the subset determined based on a length of time since         receiving a V2X message.     -   17. The apparatus of any of the clauses 11-16, in which the at         least one processor is further configured to scan for V2X         messages on a subset of allocated time and/or frequency         resources, the subset determined based on a level of ambient         noise sensed by the device.     -   18. The apparatus of any of the clauses 11-17, in which the         device comprises a user equipment (UE).     -   19. The apparatus of any of the clauses 11-18, in which the at         least one processor is further configured to disable the         vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian mode in response to the         device not being in the outdoor environment when the         reevaluation timer expires.     -   20. The apparatus of any of the clauses 11-19, in which the at         least one processor is further configured to disable the         vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian mode in response to the         mobility level being less than the threshold value when the         reevaluation timer expires.     -   21. An apparatus for wireless communication by a device,         comprising:         -   means for detecting whether the device is in an outdoor             environment in response to a start of a reevaluation timer;         -   means for determining a mobility level of the device in             response to the start of the reevaluation timer; and         -   means for enabling a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian             mode in response to the device being in the outdoor             environment and/or the mobility level exceeding a threshold             value.     -   22. The apparatus of clause 21, further comprising means for         enabling the V2X pedestrian mode in response to detecting an         emergency condition.     -   23. The apparatus of clause 21 or 22, further comprising means         for adjusting a duration of the reevaluation timer based on         whether the device is in the outdoor environment and/or whether         the mobility level exceeds the threshold value.     -   24. The apparatus of any of the clauses 21-23, further         comprising means for adjusting the duration of the reevaluation         timer based on a length of time since receiving a V2X message.     -   25. The apparatus of any of the clauses 21-24, further         comprising means for adjusting the duration of the reevaluation         timer based on a level of ambient noise sensed by the device.     -   26. The apparatus of any of the clauses 21-25, further         comprising means for scanning for V2X messages on a subset of         allocated time and/or frequency resources, the subset determined         based on a length of time since receiving a V2X message.     -   27. The apparatus of any of the clauses 21-26, further         comprising means for scanning for V2X messages on a subset of         allocated time and/or frequency resources, the subset determined         based on a level of ambient noise sensed by the device.     -   28. The apparatus of any of the clauses 21-27, in which the         device comprises a user equipment (UE).     -   29. The apparatus of any of the clauses 21-28, further         comprising means for disabling the vehicle-to-everything (V2X)         pedestrian mode in response to the device not being in the         outdoor environment when the reevaluation timer expires.     -   30. The apparatus of any of the clauses 21-29, further         comprising means for disabling the vehicle-to-everything (V2X)         pedestrian mode in response to the mobility level being less         than the threshold value when the reevaluation timer expires.

The foregoing disclosure provides illustration and description, but is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the aspects to the precise form disclosed. Modifications and variations may be made in light of the above disclosure or may be acquired from practice of the aspects.

As used, the term “component” is intended to be broadly construed as hardware, firmware, and/or a combination of hardware and software. As used, a processor is implemented in hardware, firmware, and/or a combination of hardware and software.

Some aspects are described in connection with thresholds. As used, satisfying a threshold may, depending on the context, refer to a value being greater than the threshold, greater than or equal to the threshold, less than the threshold, less than or equal to the threshold, equal to the threshold, not equal to the threshold, and/or the like.

It will be apparent that systems and/or methods described may be implemented in different forms of hardware, firmware, and/or a combination of hardware and software. The actual specialized control hardware or software code used to implement these systems and/or methods is not limiting of the aspects. Thus, the operation and behavior of the systems and/or methods were described without reference to specific software code—it being understood that software and hardware can be designed to implement the systems and/or methods based, at least in part, on the description.

Even though particular combinations of features are recited in the claims and/or disclosed in the specification, these combinations are not intended to limit the disclosure of various aspects. In fact, many of these features may be combined in ways not specifically recited in the claims and/or disclosed in the specification. Although each dependent claim listed below may directly depend on only one claim, the disclosure of various aspects includes each dependent claim in combination with every other claim in the claim set. A phrase referring to “at least one of” a list of items refers to any combination of those items, including single members. As an example, “at least one of: a, b, or c” is intended to cover a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, and a-b-c, as well as any combination with multiples of the same element (e.g., a-a, a-a-a, a-a-b, a-a-c, a-b-b, a-c-c, b-b, b-b-b, b-b-c, c-c, and c-c-c or any other ordering of a, b, and c).

No element, act, or instruction used should be construed as critical or essential unless explicitly described as such. Also, as used, the articles “a” and “an” are intended to include one or more items, and may be used interchangeably with “one or more.” Furthermore, as used, the terms “set” and “group” are intended to include one or more items (e.g., related items, unrelated items, a combination of related and unrelated items, and/or the like), and may be used interchangeably with “one or more.” Where only one item is intended, the phrase “only one” or similar language is used. Also, as used, the terms “has,” “have,” “having,” and/or the like are intended to be open-ended terms. Further, the phrase “based on” is intended to mean “based, at least in part, on” unless explicitly stated otherwise. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of wireless communication by a device, comprising: detecting whether the device is in an outdoor environment in response to a start of a reevaluation timer; determining a mobility level of the device in response to the start of the reevaluation timer; and enabling a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian mode in response to the device being detected to be in the outdoor environment and the mobility level exceeding a threshold value.
 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling the V2X pedestrian mode in response to detecting an emergency condition.
 3. The method of claim 1, further comprising adjusting a duration of the reevaluation timer based on whether the device is in the outdoor environment and/or whether the mobility level exceeds the threshold value.
 4. The method of claim 3, further comprising adjusting the duration of the reevaluation timer based on a length of time since receiving a V2X message.
 5. The method of claim 3, further comprising adjusting the duration of the reevaluation timer based on a level of ambient noise sensed by the device.
 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising scanning for V2X messages on a subset of allocated time and/or frequency resources, the subset determined based on a length of time since receiving a V2X message.
 7. The method of claim 1, further comprising scanning for V2X messages on a subset of allocated time and/or frequency resources, the subset determined based on a level of ambient noise sensed by the device.
 8. The method of claim 1, in which the device comprises a user equipment (UE).
 9. The method of claim 1, further comprising disabling the vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian mode in response to the device not being in the outdoor environment when the reevaluation timer expires.
 10. The method of claim 1, further comprising disabling the vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian mode in response to the mobility level being less than the threshold value when the reevaluation timer expires.
 11. An apparatus for wireless communication by a device, comprising: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor configured: to detect whether the device is in an outdoor environment in response to a start of a reevaluation timer; to determine a mobility level of the device in response to the start of the reevaluation timer; and to enable a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian mode in response to the device being detected to be in the outdoor environment and the mobility level exceeding a threshold value.
 12. The apparatus of claim 11, in which the at least one processor is further configured to enable the V2X pedestrian mode in response to detecting an emergency condition.
 13. The apparatus of claim 11, in which the at least one processor is further configured to adjust a duration of the reevaluation timer based on whether the device is in the outdoor environment and/or whether the mobility level exceeds the threshold value.
 14. The apparatus of claim 13, in which the at least one processor is further configured to adjust the duration of the reevaluation timer based on a length of time since receiving a V2X message.
 15. The apparatus of claim 13, in which the at least one processor is further configured to adjust the duration of the reevaluation timer based on a level of ambient noise sensed by the device.
 16. The apparatus of claim 11, in which the at least one processor is further configured to scan for V2X messages on a subset of allocated time and/or frequency resources, the subset determined based on a length of time since receiving a V2X message.
 17. The apparatus of claim 11, in which the at least one processor is further configured to scan for V2X messages on a subset of allocated time and/or frequency resources, the subset determined based on a level of ambient noise sensed by the device.
 18. The apparatus of claim 11, in which the device comprises a user equipment (UE).
 19. The apparatus of claim 11, in which the at least one processor is further configured to disable the vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian mode in response to the device not being in the outdoor environment when the reevaluation timer expires.
 20. The apparatus of claim 11, in which the at least one processor is further configured to disable the vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian mode in response to the mobility level being less than the threshold value when the reevaluation timer expires.
 21. An apparatus for wireless communication by a device, comprising: means for detecting whether the device is in an outdoor environment in response to a start of a reevaluation timer; means for determining a mobility level of the device in response to the start of the reevaluation timer; and means for enabling a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian mode in response to the device being detected to be in the outdoor environment and the mobility level exceeding a threshold value.
 22. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising means for enabling the V2X pedestrian mode in response to detecting an emergency condition.
 23. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising means for adjusting a duration of the reevaluation timer based on whether the device is in the outdoor environment and/or whether the mobility level exceeds the threshold value.
 24. The apparatus of claim 23, further comprising means for adjusting the duration of the reevaluation timer based on a length of time since receiving a V2X message.
 25. The apparatus of claim 23, further comprising means for adjusting the duration of the reevaluation timer based on a level of ambient noise sensed by the device.
 26. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising means for scanning for V2X messages on a subset of allocated time and/or frequency resources, the subset determined based on a length of time since receiving a V2X message.
 27. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising means for scanning for V2X messages on a subset of allocated time and/or frequency resources, the subset determined based on a level of ambient noise sensed by the device.
 28. The apparatus of claim 21, in which the device comprises a user equipment (UE).
 29. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising means for disabling the vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian mode in response to the device not being in the outdoor environment when the reevaluation timer expires.
 30. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising means for disabling the vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pedestrian mode in response to the mobility level being less than the threshold value when reevaluation timer expires. 